Explosive works on Vyatka allowed to remove the threat of flooding of settlements in Tatarstan
In the Mamadysh district, explosive work has been completed to eliminate ice congestion on the bend of the Vyatka river (4 meters high, 400 to 600 meters wide) near the mouth of the Arpach river. We will remind, the day before for this reason, the water came to the floodplain near the settlements of Grishkino, Malmyzhka, Yakovka Mamadyshsky district and broke the way to the Vyatka river below the congestion. First Deputy head of the main Department of the EMERCOM of Russia for RT, Colonel of the internal service Irek kadamov and Deputy Minister for civil DEFENSE and emergency situations of the Republic of Tatarstan Nikolay Surzhko are on site to guide and coordinate the work. The preparation of the explosive charges carried soldiers of the Kazan higher tank command school of the Ministry of defense, and the rescuers of the Kazan search and rescue squad a branch of PCSO of EMERCOM of Russia Search and rescue service of RT ensure their safety, as well as through motobaro had drilled the so-called pits in the ice thickness for the laying of TNT.
For four hours of painstaking work of military personnel and rescuers, 15 series of explosions were carried out, 200 kilograms of TNT were spent, and the ice jam was destroyed.